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  • Washed Up With a Broken Heart in Rock Hall

    by Peter Svenson ...
    Lovesick Budge Moss, middle-aged author on the skids, sails his boat one way to Rock Hall on Chesapeake Bay, with only his cat for company—and then he sells the boat. His wife has left him, his home and possessions are gone, but he’s determined to reestablish his bearings and write a thinly disguised tale about this lonely passage in his life*.* ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wrongful Reconciliation

    A Budge Moss Novel

    by Peter Svenson ...
    Love-battered Budge Moss, the once-prominent author now largely forgotten by the reading public, emerges from his crisis of separation and pending divorce under the protective wing of Matty Klein, an elderly widow in whose home—and heart—he now resides. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Starter Home

    Discovering the Past in Central New York

    by Peter Svenson ...
    Svenson documents the dynamic of a village's growth as it coincided with the American experience.In format, the book is similar to "Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground" (by the same author), which was a 1993 National Book Award Finalist and bestseller.The book begins with a consideration of the Iroquois who, after the Revolutionary War, were gradually relegated to marginal status. Canal ... Read more

    $21.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The "War Scrap Book" of Matilda Joslyn Gage

    Witness to Rebellion

    Edited by Peter Svenson ...
    Although she was one of the leading thinkers and writers of the women’s suffrage movement, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–1898) was largely written out of history. After working in collaboration with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, and after serving as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, Gage developed increasingly radical views on feminism, religious liberty, and ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Starter Home

    Discovering the Past in Central New York

    by Peter Svenson ...
    In Starter Home: Discovering the Past in Central New York, bestselling author Peter Svenson invites readers on a captivating exploration of Fayetteville, NY. This compelling narrative captures the essence of a village that has transformed from a modest 18th-century settlement to a thriving industrial community in the 19th century. With his trademark energy and enthusiasm, Svenson intertwines ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

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    How to Lie, Fake, and Maneuver Your Way Out of Life's Most Awkward Situations

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  • The End of the Alphabet

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    A "harrowing and hallucinogenic" collection of poems from author of the New York Times–bestselling National Book Award-finalist Citizen: An American Lyric ( Library Journal).Claudia Rankine's book-length poem about rising racial tensions in America, Citizen: An American Lyric, won numerous prizes, including the The National Book Critic's Circle Award. Her new collection of poems—intrepid, ... Read more

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  • Dear Universe

    Poems on Love, Longing, and Finding Your Place in the Cosmos

    Dear Universe ... can you hear me?If Pierra Calasanz-Labrador’s debut poetry collection The Heartbreak Diaries was equivalent to an “ugly cry,” this second volume is an introspective journey, a quiet voice longing to be heard. Like stumbling upon an introvert's secret diary, these fifty poems chronicle fervent wishes, hidden fears, and everyday acts of bravery that may sound uncannily familiar ... Read more

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